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SPEEDOMETER
Volume VII JANUARY, 1955 Number XXVII
AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS
[photograph]
Walter Swartz
Walter was born in Carr Township, near Bennettsville, September 24, 1999 [typo in newsletter]. He attended school at Bennettsville before moving to Speed, where he finished his education. Walter began his employment at the Louisville Cement Company in 1902 hooking on scrapers in the stripping department of the Quarry for Mr. Jess Hanger. In 1904, he was transferred to Mr. John Regan, Sr., who was in charge of a construction crew on the Portland Plant. In September of 1912 he went with the Pennsylvania Railroad as a fireman, and in February 1913 he came back to Speed.
He started in the Babbitt shop and was later transferred to the welding shop, where he remained until his retirement, February 28, 1954.
He was married to Ollie Mae Jenkins in 1909, and they became the parents of six children; Laura Mae, Charles, William, Dorothy, Jesse, and Earl. Walter has nine grandchildren.
There has been four generations of Walter's family employed here. His father, himself, three sons, and a grandson. Walter is a member of the Methodist Church. His hobbies, baseball in his younger days, and now, televisioning.
ANOTHER TREAT IN STORE
Don't forget the date Monday night, January 31, at 8 p.m. The place is the Community House. It will be the second in the series of book reviews of the 1954-55 series. Mrs. Carl B. Hastes will be the story teller and the story will be one you will be sure to enjoy. There will also be some music by more of our talented young people. If you have a season ticket you are lucky, if you don't have a ticket for this particular program it can be purchased at the Community House for fifty cents or you can take your chance at the door.
On November 23 Mrs. Van Wingen told the delightful story of the little English boy who went for a walk just before the bomb fell on his home demolishing the building and killing all of its occupants. The events that followed and the effect the little boy had on the lives he touched was a fascinating story and it was told in the inimitable way Mrs. Van Wingen always tells a story.
M'isic for the evening was furnished by two talented High School pupils Miss Mary Gladden and Mr. Robert Holmes.
The club rooms at the Community House were filled almost from wall to wall by enthusiastic listeners.
THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Pendygraft, Nancy Pendygraft, Lavina Sexton and Goldie Smithers-say thanks for the nice Christmas presents from the hotel patrons-But they still wonder how Ed Dietz-who bought the presents-knew what size panties to buy.
[photograph]
John Krajnak
Mr. Krajnak was born at Cementville, Indiana, September 10, 1892. He attended the Belknap School, and after completing his education in 1907 he began working at the Clark County Cement Mill. His first job was driving a mule, and pulling rock out of a quarry. Six months later he went to work for the South Construction Company, getting stone for the inter-urban. He came to Speed in 1909 and pulled ashes in the old boiler room for one year. In 1910 he went back to Clark County as a Cement trucker. In 1912 he worked for the Standard Sanitary Company of Louisville, Kentucky. He went to Dayton, Ohio in 1913, and worked for the National Cash Register Company. He returned to Sellersburg in 1914 and worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad until 1916, when he came back to Speed for six months. He then went west and followed the wheat harvest in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. In the fall of 1916 he was employed by the Universal Cement Company at Bluffton, Indiana. In 1917 he worked for the Goodrich Steamship
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[page 1]
SPEEDOMETER
Volume VII JANUARY, 1955 Number XXVII
AMONG OUR EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS
[photograph]
Walter Swartz
Walter was born in Carr Township, near Bennettsville, September 24, 1999 [typo in newsletter]. He attended school at Bennettsville before moving to Speed, where he finished his education. Walter began his employment at the Louisville Cement Company in 1902 hooking on scrapers in the stripping department of the Quarry for Mr. Jess Hanger. In 1904, he was transferred to Mr. John Regan, Sr., who was in charge of a construction crew on the Portland Plant. In September of 1912 he went with the Pennsylvania Railroad as a fireman, and in February 1913 he came back to Speed.
He started in the Babbitt shop and was later transferred to the welding shop, where he remained until his retirement, February 28, 1954.
He was married to Ollie Mae Jenkins in 1909, and they became the parents of six children; Laura Mae, Charles, William, Dorothy, Jesse, and Earl. Walter has nine grandchildren.
There has been four generations of Walter's family employed here. His father, himself, three sons, and a grandson. Walter is a member of the Methodist Church. His hobbies, baseball in his younger days, and now, televisioning.
ANOTHER TREAT IN STORE
Don't forget the date Monday night, January 31, at 8 p.m. The place is the Community House. It will be the second in the series of book reviews of the 1954-55 series. Mrs. Carl B. Hastes will be the story teller and the story will be one you will be sure to enjoy. There will also be some music by more of our talented young people. If you have a season ticket you are lucky, if you don't have a ticket for this particular program it can be purchased at the Community House for fifty cents or you can take your chance at the door.
On November 23 Mrs. Van Wingen told the delightful story of the little English boy who went for a walk just before the bomb fell on his home demolishing the building and killing all of its occupants. The events that followed and the effect the little boy had on the lives he touched was a fascinating story and it was told in the inimitable way Mrs. Van Wingen always tells a story.
M'isic for the evening was furnished by two talented High School pupils Miss Mary Gladden and Mr. Robert Holmes.
The club rooms at the Community House were filled almost from wall to wall by enthusiastic listeners.
THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Pendygraft, Nancy Pendygraft, Lavina Sexton and Goldie Smithers-say thanks for the nice Christmas presents from the hotel patrons-But they still wonder how Ed Dietz-who bought the presents-knew what size panties to buy.
[photograph]
John Krajnak
Mr. Krajnak was born at Cementville, Indiana, September 10, 1892. He attended the Belknap School, and after completing his education in 1907 he began working at the Clark County Cement Mill. His first job was driving a mule, and pulling rock out of a quarry. Six months later he went to work for the South Construction Company, getting stone for the inter-urban. He came to Speed in 1909 and pulled ashes in the old boiler room for one year. In 1910 he went back to Clark County as a Cement trucker. In 1912 he worked for the Standard Sanitary Company of Louisville, Kentucky. He went to Dayton, Ohio in 1913, and worked for the National Cash Register Company. He returned to Sellersburg in 1914 and worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad until 1916, when he came back to Speed for six months. He then went west and followed the wheat harvest in Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. In the fall of 1916 he was employed by the Universal Cement Company at Bluffton, Indiana. In 1917 he worked for the Goodrich Steamship
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